Hi there! I'm Carl. I am a passionate dance aficionado with a broad skill-set in making stuff happen for performance makers, particularly in Sydney, but further afield as well. At the core of my professional practice is the intersection of creative practice (making and doing dancing, collaborating with others on multi-disciplinary performance works), sharp project and business management (big picture and the finer details) and strategic partnership development (connecting the right ideas with the right people and organisations). I am a chameleon-like problem solver, adept at manoeuvering things, wearing multiple hats simultaneously and being able to communicate with empathy to all the 'stakeholders' (I prefer 'people') I connect with, because I know what it's like first hand to make work, perform in work, teach people, plan, budget and fundraise, project manage, stage manage, program manage, coordinate and evaluate while still making time to masticate.I have worked with a lot of artists and organisations over the years in a range of roles. In 2017, I was a participant in the Australia Council’s Future Leaders Program and in 2016 I was awarded the City of Parramatta’s Creative Fellowship. I co-founded two successful (still operating) creative businesses: Flatline, a visual art and dance collaboration that creates performance, installation and art works that have been presented internationally, most recently in Malta as part of the Malta International Arts Festival, and also in festivals and biennials across Australia and Asia; and Dance Makers Collective, the only dance company in Australia with a collective artistic leadership team, and Western Sydney's only professional dance company.I am a passionate advocate for the role that the arts plays in the lives of all Australians, I sit on several boards and committees whilst at the same time teach children and old folks dance for fun - the arts have a vital function not just for the elite, and not just as a bit of fun in the afternoons, but for all the people in between. The arts are transformational, my primary objective is to inject wherever I can with them, and help others do the same, so more and more people can be transformed (for good of course).